This week the United Kingdom has been one of the main sources of news at European level considering that Prime Minister May has already committed to activate Article 50 on March 29 of this year, which will start the negotiations to exit from the EU. In addition, and in relation to this fact, Nicola Sturgeon has announced that it wishes to call a new referendum to request the independence of Scotland of the United Kingdom before 2019.

The announcement was not surprising given that since the holding of the referendum on whether or not the UK remains in the EU, in which the majority voted in favor but in Scotland won the no, Mrs. Sturgeon has consistently expressed that, according to what its voters asked for, she would do its best to remain within the EU, even if it means separating from the UK. But after the approval of the law that allows the processing of Brexit by Parliament and that the Premier has announced that the procedure will begin on March 29, the SNP leader announced that the referendum would be called before 2019, especially in 2018 taking into account that by then many details will already be known concerning what the disconnection with the EU implies and what status it will have in their future relations.

The main obstacle to this referendum is that in order to be legally concluded, it has to be authorized by the Westminster parliament, just as the previous one was authorized in which it won the no to independence, and the British government will seek to celebrate it after the completion of negotiations with the EU, that is to say after March 2019 at least so that this does not affect the negotiations.

All this shows us a panorama in which the British have two very important fronts ahead in which they will have to deploy all the maneuvers of which they are able to arrive at good port, since the negotiations with the EU will be difficult as it has already announced Mr Barnier, who is in charge of negotiations with the United Kingdom on behalf of the EU of 27, since they are not willing to give in to matters such as the single market without embracing the four freedoms that characterize it: free movement of goods, workers, services and capitals, as well as claiming that the UK pays all that it had already committed to, which has not done well in London and shows further tough negotiations.